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IMPLEMENT TO CLEAN CULINARY VESSELS. No. 245,170. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

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WITNESSES UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HULL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

|MPLEMENT TO CLEAN CULINARY VESSELS.

SPEGIFICATION fQrming part of Letters l atent No. 245,170, dated August 2, 1881.

Application filed January 8,1881. (NomodeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HULL, of Butfalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have made certain Improvementsin Kitchen Implements to Clean Kettles, Pans, Tins, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of a cheap and handy little implement to clean ofl the grease, rust, sediment, dirt, &c., that usually adhere to skillets, kettles, pans, bread-boards, &c.; and the invention consists in its construction, as

- hereinafter fully explained.

' level so as to set flatas any dish, &c., to be cleaned. A rim, a, forms the upper part of the coneB for the handle A to set in, as shown in Fig. 1. A plate, b, forming part of the metal scraper, acts as a rest for the end. of the handle, and a screw, 0, goes through this and into the handle to hold the scraper and handle together. This is the entire device. The handle is'usually of wood and the scraper of iron. Thescraping or cutting edge is the rim d. To

operate it, itis setfiat in the dish to becleaned, held by the handle A, and moved about with a slight pressure till all the bottom is clean. It thoroughly cuts all the sediment,- rust, grease, &c., from all dishes, either hollow, concave, or flat, the peculiar shape and size of the device allowing it to go into all the curves and corners of the dishes, and thus thoroughly clean them. It being hollow, cone, or bell shaped and round, greatly aids this, besides distributing the wear evenly on the cutting-edge (I, and as it wears down presents a new edge always. It being hollow gives it more cutting or scraping surface, and adapts it specially to concave-bottom dishes. It is intended to take the place of and prevent the ruin of knives now used and broken by servants and others in scraping out dishes, pans, kettles, &c. It is of uniform thickness, and thus wears eren.

I claim- The combination of the handle A and hollow round metal scraper B, connected together, substantially as hcreinbefore specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HULL. Witnesses J. R. DRAKE, GEo. A. BURNETT. 

